Favorites are your bookmarks. These are those pages and sites we visit often. In most browsers, there is a favorites bar where we can keep those bookmarks handy. In Edge that option in not automatically enabled. Without the bar active, we can access Favorites from the Hub. The Hub is where we will find not only our favorites but also our reading list, history, and downloads.

There are a couple of ways to pin apps to the Windows 10 Start Tile area. Using the Start menu out of tablet mode we can pin apps one way and if we are using tablet mode we will pin apps another way. In this lesson, we will learn how to pin apps using the Start menu out of tablet mode.

Quick text on Mac is similar to what apps like TypeIt for Me and Text Expander do but this is built into the Mac OS. Replacement text is a nice feature that works on most applications built for Mac. With replacement text, we can use an abbreviation that calls up a larger piece of text. For example, we could type “imtg” and the computer will type out “In a meeting”. This saves some typing. If […]

Creating Tile Groups In Windows 10 On our Start Menu, we have several tiles that have already been grouped for us. We can create our own group of tiles to help organize the applications we use most. In this example, we will group the Microsoft Office applications. The Office applications can be found in the All apps section.

Blinking An LED with Arduino in Tinkercad The Arduino board can be more than a glorified push button for electronic circuits. We can do so much more with Arduino and in this lesson, we will take a closer look at what can be done with code and a basic circuit with a Light Emitting Diode, LED. This lesson builds on a previous lesson where we activated an LED with Arduino and a few lines of […]

Enhancing Circuits With Arduino in Tinkercad In this lesson we will use an Arduino, which is a microcontroller, to turn on an LED using Tinkercad. This lesson builds on the previous lesson for turning on an LED with a push button. The Arduino board is a microcontroller. A microcontroller is a very simple computer that accepts the simple code we create and translates that code into instructions that interact with the physical world. In this […]

Create An LED Circuit with A Button in Tinkercad In this lesson, we will create a closed circuit controlled by a button using Tinkercad. This lesson builds on the previous lesson for creating circuits with Tinkercad. Circuits usually have a button that is used to open and close the circuit. The Simulation button in Tinkercad does not qualify as a button. This project will build on the project covered in the previous lesson. We will […]

Electronic Circuit Basics with TinkerCAD TinkerCAD is a free online service for creating basic 3D shapes and developing digital prototypes of electronic components. It can be used on most devices that run Windows, Mac OS X, and Chrome. Tinkercad can also be used on tablet devices like iPad and most Android tablets. These prototypes include basic circuits with LED lights, buzzers, switches and even temperature sensors. The electronic prototypes can include a microprocessor. Microprocessors are […]

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Creating and Adding Animated Gifs to Google Slides This is an excerpt from one of the chapters in my book entitled Interactive Stories with Google Slides. The book uses the concept of creating interactive stories to teach students a variety of skills in Google Slides. Using Screencastify to add audio to slides is just one of those skills you will learn in this book. An animated gif is a series of still images with slight […]

Creating an assignment in Google Classroom Assignments are the backbone of most lesson plans. Assignments can be products or projects. To create an assignment we click the circle with a plus symbol in the middle. This is located in the lower right corner of the Stream section page.

Trimming video within Google Slides This is an excerpt from one of the chapters in my book entitled Interactive Stories with Google Slides. The book uses the concept of creating interactive stories to teach students a variety of skills in Google Slides. Using Screencastify to add audio to slides is just one of those skills you will learn in this book. We can hide unwanted video from the beginning and end within the slide. This […]

Creating Google Classrooms Creating Google Classrooms was once limited to educational institutions but as of April of 2017, it is open to anyone with a personal Google account. This does not mean that we can mix accounts. For example, a student cannot access a personal Google Classroom with an educational institution account. The accounts used to create and join classrooms in a personal account must all be personal accounts. What is Google Classroom? Google Classroom […]

Restore a previous iOS version on iPad or iPhone Apple frequently releases new versions and updates to iOS for iPhone and iPad. Most releases are installed on the device and this usually does not present a problem. There are times when the update may present a problem and conflict with applications or resources frequently used on the device. Most apps and websites are usually updated to meet the newest standards from the latest iOS but […]